TITLE:
Dokeos "topic" Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19604

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/19604/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Dokeos 1.x
https://secunia.com/product/4508/

DESCRIPTION:
Alvaro Olavarria has discovered a vulnerability in Dokeos, which can
be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "topic" parameter in viewtopic.php is not
properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Example:
https://[host]/claroline/phpbb/viewtopic.php?cidReq=[course]&gidReq=&forum=1&0&forumview=threaded&topic=1[code]

This may be related to:
SA9090

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.6.4. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Alvaro Olavarria

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA9090:
https://secunia.com/advisories/9090/

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